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We set out and rode to our favourite parking spot behind the grandstand and found our seats. We were directly in front of the podium in the grandstand, we even had a cushion to sit on. The leaderboard was also right in front of us. The leaderboard has no electronic components-everything is recorded by hand. The longer we sat there the more information we discovered was being recorded. Local scouts take down paper to show what lap each rider ...

... and headed back. Bryan beat me by a half hour, and we decided to rug up and take the electric tram to Laxey and change for The Snaefell electric railway. Passed the vantage point of Bungalow, then reached the summit..... Hot cuppa in order! Blowing a gale. Saw bikes on the mountain road (visitors). Headed back to Laxey, walked around there and saw the water wheel, then home. Dinner, then bed - light till ...

... About 70 miles, and it was quite unsettled, the closer we got to our destination. The only bikers on the ferry were very glad to get off and green enough too.

Thursday and Friday we have spent actively looking for work. Finally hit the wall went told that seasonal work is not available to tourists, its takes weeks to get a permit in the off season. So that's that really. Sent out some CVs and decided to head back to UK on Tuesday morning ...

... luggage, and went to our gate. We walked down the steps to go out onto the tarmac to board, and we saw that it was quite a small plane with open propellors and the wheels coming from underneath the engines! There were only two seats on each side of the aisle, as opposed to three. It was a very quick flight across to the Isle, and the plane stayed very low.

We landed on the Isle, and a man named Taffy had come to pick us up with his grandson Josh. Taffy ...

... close to the water and picked up some rocks. Wish we could have taken some of the big ones for the hillside at home. They were great. We did pick about 6 or 7 rocks for the fish tank though. Didn’t take long to get too cold so started back up the steep hill and stopped to take a photo overlooking the rocks and then back up the single track road.